of those of right on the letter the next letter, the dates of the last three letters sent. and so once i started happening we have a little bit more say, but that was immobile we released. in short it meant to send what would happen, we would go through these cycles of get the letters and feel this place. everyone cares about this and remembers. and then two weeks later, well, haven't heard from anybody in two weeks. totally forgot. group psychology between us with start going down until we had given up a batch. >> really interesting about the dates. because all the prisoners that i correspond with now ask the same thing, for me to put the date.

is the universal fear of prisoners of the letter will be taken away and it will never get it. i will say we have a huge industrial duffel bag full all those letters. once in awhile on feeling down and kind of mopey and a frigate to appreciate life and freedom of .1 on read it have more. >> about think anyone is asked. why you decided to write a book and how you did. maybe each picked different ones to marry. how did that actually work? your living in different cities. how did you actually come together? >> we -- i mean, we decided to

write a book together and think we all assume that we would ride it this way. was the process of figuring out. and the way we started it is we just said okay, with take this through the first four months. the time of writing. we had to put it in order, figure out who's parts with gallon. just took forever. it was difficult. they're three versions of everything. we then decided to divide up the main events and create an outline. who will each write about these amendments to be in the writing process of the things right in --. we did little chunks and right and come back and and just and it intensively, the transition. it was probably six months of just adding.

>> at least. >> year. >> and know it just came out. hampshire will be successful. do you have plans to do anything more with it as a continuation? the topics for a special program ? >> no plans as of yet. i will say that in writing the book, and the process to decide to recommend more our story is one about, of course gabor horror of losing our freedom, our captivity in the absolute miracle of getting it back. it's also above all the people that did not it back, the people we had to leave behind. i had a friend in prison that was executed after a left. and some of this story is not just our story. its many stories, and some of those people whose stories in the broker and this reminder.

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at the beginning of your book you go all the way back to 1066 in william the conqueror and the fascination with trying to measure where we stand in the world. >> guest: let me start with why i wrote a book about numbe numbers. i'm not a trained academic economist but i was interested in the discussion how we get to live in a world where the numbers are woven into the identity into the conversation about how we are doing as a nation not just as americans